2013....what were your acquisitions for the year? -- myArmoury.com

Ryan A. Currier · Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2014 5:36 pm Post subject:

It handles amazingly well, J.D. Crawford....

I can't get pictures up from this computer, from my ipod, or from my phone on the site, right now. I've tried for days for you specifically (I am in LOVE with your collection)... But I can't pull it off, right now. If you'd like to PM me with your email address I'll send you all the pictures you request.

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I'll sum this up quick:
It's light and changes directions quite well for its size and type (short edge cuts are effective enough to mess up some bamboo in the hands of a baboon [I can't cut worth shite with a flexible blade!]).
It asks you, tenderly, delicately, "If you would but lean me forward and drop me I will put my point into the ground for you."
It is not overly blade heavy, but it is definitely made for cutting.
Thrusting? I haven't seen it on a carcass yet. I only judge cutting swords thrusting abilities against carcasses (tell you next hunting season or killing feral blood diseased hogs?)

It moves quick, the pommel doesn't get in the way of any wrist movement (and it actually will stop your hand from sliding off), it cuts deep and effectively against a 6'' bundle of bamboo but WILL NOT cut a damn bite into a pool noodle at my skill level. It's a war sword, for sure...

A mass of person? A person in armour? I imagine this sword would MESS them up quite well and easily. It's fast though ridiculous in its proportions. I look forward to farmers with dead cows, dead feral hogs, coyotes and deer....

Okay, that may bother you people but I really REALLY try to learn everything about every piece I own.

J.D. : If you PM me your email address I'll get you pictures.

Also? If you want to sell that crescent pommel sword PM ME IMMEDIATELY.

Collin D · Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2014 8:34 pm Post subject:

- A Hanwei Tinker Norman sword (slowly working my way up towards higher-end swords as well as a university student working part-time can)
- A small spear and axe head, my first attempts at making weapons (neither are mounted yet), if making counts as acquiring
- GDFB spangenhelm. Mostly I wanted it a) for a Halloween costume, and b) so that I had a physical reference for making my own, which is currently about half done.

Made a lot of clothing, too: two kyrtles, two trousers, a gambeson, a new pair of winingas, two hoods, and I'm sure more that I'm forgetting.

Bennison N · Posted: Sun 05 Jan, 2014 2:22 pm Post subject:

I had a bunch of HMB/BotN legal gear made for me this year.

Three swords, an axe, helmet, gambeson, bazubands, mitten gauntlets and a khanjar in the style of a Mamluk Trade Emissary and Tabardarriyya Bodyguard... So far. I have photos here on my phone of everything but the dagger. I'll come back with one when I have a chance.

So here you go. It ended up being two message worth, so here's the first:

Bennison N · Posted: Sun 05 Jan, 2014 2:44 pm Post subject:

And the second lot. I should probably point out that I had the armour pieces I'm showing you purposely overbuilt, as I use them to practice. Unlike so many other HMB fighters (which surprises me, actually) I prefer heavily weighted practice equipment to build up good armour fitness.

The yataghan is made from the same super-hardened-yet-not-brittle steel as the axe, and they break everything I hit with them. I've asked the secret technique for making these things so tough, but those Turks won't share it... Laughing Out Loud

I have a whole lot of other stuff coming in early 2014 too.

A steel shield, civilian garb and a full competition kit, for starters.